ascendieron hasta 3.500 metrosthey climbed to 3,500 metres;ascendieron por el otro lado del montethey made their ascent on the other side of the mountain;they climbed up the other side of the mountain;el globo ascendió por los airesthe balloon rose o ascended (formal) into the air;ascendía por las escalerasshe ascended (literario)o climbed the steps

ascender en la escala social

2[+temperatura, presión]to go up;rise

las temperaturas han ascendido en el norte

3

ascender a

[+empleado, equipo, militar]to be promoted to

ascendió al cargo de presidente de la compañíahe was promoted to company president;he rose to the position of company president;el Málaga ha ascendido a primera divisiónMálaga have gone up to the first division;Málaga have been promoted to the first division;ascender al tronoto ascend the throne

cuando ascendió al tronodesde que la ascendieron gana casi el doble

[+cantidad]to amount to;come to

los beneficios ascendieron a miles de librasthe profits amounted o came to thousands of pounds;el número de heridos asciende ya a 20the number of wounded has now risen to o has now reached 20;¿a cuánto ascendió la factura?how much did the bill come to?

transitive verb

[+empleado, militar]to promote

lo ascendieron a tenientehe rose o was promoted to the rank of lieutenant

Conjugations

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